Queens car stop leads to huge pot bust
Posted by Mediatunes | Posted on Sunday, December 19, 2010
An ex-con was busted after cops stopped him for running a red light in St. Albans, Queens, early this morning and found his vehicle was stuffed with a whopping 513 pounds of marijuana.
Clement Hunter, 30, was driving a white 2010 Dodge caravan along Merrick Boulevard about 4 a.m. when he rolled past a red light and made a right hand turn on Farmers Boulevard, while failing to signal, said police.
A pair of uniformed cops on patrol in an unmarked car spotted the traffic infraction and made a U-turn and tried to stop Hunter.
Instead of obeying the cops, Hunter gunned his engine and led cops on a chase for several blocks, before turning down a dead end at 178th Street near 132nd Avenue, said police.
The more than 500 pounds of pot siezed
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Shoulda waited for the green: Clement Hunter, 30, is walked from the 113th Precinct stationhouse in Rochdale, Queens.
Hunter jumped out of the car and tried to flee on foot but cops grabbed him as he tried to scale a fence, said police.
Once they had Hunter in custody, cops found he had reason to run. The back of the minivan, stripped of its rear seat, was piled high with 10 bails of marijuana, each weighing roughly 50 pounds.
The marijuana was wrapped in green plastic and stuffed in black trash bags, said police.
Hunter, who lives in Jamaica was arrested and faces a slew of charges including drug possession, said police.
He has one prior arrested for possession of a loaded gun and has several other drug related arrests, including possession of large amounts of marijuana, said sources.
The drugs were taken to the NYPD laboratory for testing. Police are still working to determine where the drugs originated.
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